October 9, 200618 yr Lovin this dearly. How much better can we get and what impresses me is that each song is completely different but still brilliant in their own way. AND SEE........... HE CAN RAP :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P
October 9, 200618 yr Lovin this dearly. How much better can we get and what impresses me is that each song is completely different but still brilliant in their own way. AND SEE........... HE CAN RAP :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P Yep, he can rap brilliantly ...just not in Rudebox :(
October 9, 200618 yr OMG! He's blown me away with this one - think it's my new favourite! Absolutely genius lyrics - funny & poignant! (I smoked Consulate in the 80's too guys lol!) Takes you back to your teenage years - just brilliant! Don't think I've ever been so excited about a new album. Love it ... and love him!
October 10, 200618 yr OMG! He's blown me away with this one - think it's my new favourite! Absolutely genius lyrics - funny & poignant! (I smoked Consulate in the 80's too guys lol!) Takes you back to your teenage years - just brilliant! Don't think I've ever been so excited about a new album. Love it ... and love him! Yeah, takes me back to teenage years!!! :lol: I love The 80's and can't wait to hear the rest! :yahoo:
October 10, 200618 yr Yeah, takes me back to teenage years!!! :lol: I love The 80's and can't wait to hear the rest! :yahoo: unforgettables!!
October 10, 200618 yr From QX (weekly London gay mag) full Rudebox album review by Steve Pafford. 80s Things are better when they start/It's how the 80s broke my heart.," sniffs the author. Is he saying The Birdie Song was a cut above Like A Prayer? This looks back on a decade where he was called "poof" at school, discovered drugs (rhyming weed with speed seems kinda obvious, so how come no one beat him to it?) and, as this is his Streets-like take on rap, was apparently grooving to LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys. Though someone really should have told him Rhythm Is A Dancer didn't come out until....
October 10, 200618 yr Maybe I'm not into this song like you all are because I'm not getting a lot of the lyrics...must be a LIMEY thing!!! :lol:
October 10, 200618 yr Maybe I'm not into this song like you all are because I'm not getting a lot of the lyrics...must be a LIMEY thing!!! :lol: I'm not a LIMEY, and I get them :yahoo: Its a totally fantastic song, likely to be my favourite track on the album (although LoveLight is still winning at the moment thanks to the sexy vid :dance: )
October 10, 200618 yr *consulate*: Noun 1. The residence or official premises of a consul. 2. The office, term of office, or jurisdiction of a consul. 3. Government by consuls.
October 10, 200618 yr ahem... :P The lyrics thanks to http://shootingpeople.org/robbiewilliams/trackdownload.php THE 80's I smoke Consulate and Park Drive Drank Newcy Brown, learned how to skive Polo mints to hide my breath from my Mum Did a little weed 'cause it felt like fun Did a little speed if my friends had some Nicked Volkswagon badges, I'm a Beastie Boys son Me so horny, me so young, and I still get my washing done Auntie Jo died of cancer, God didn't have an answer Rhythm was a dancer, any room for a chancer That's me in the corner, thanks Sir Wore a Troop track suit, British Knights shoes Kangol hat like L.L. Cools Before I was having it, having it large They nicked the B.M.X. from out my garage And I knew it was Tire from off the estate 'Cause every time I saw him he smiled like we were mates From then on in, I'd have to walk to me Nan's and I'll dream my dreams for a sea of prams Like a hooligan on the football stands and I threw the V's to Leeds and West Ham And then I ran, I ran so far away Down Scotia Road to a taxi bay Then I ran again 'cause I couldn't pay Young Muslim didn't get his fare that day I apologise today Things look better when they start That's how the 80's broke my heart And who are you calling poof You like Wham, man I hate that stuff And then my Granddad died and left a hole in the family And lots of women there to nanny me School was a laugh, they didn't have A.D.D Thick was the term they used for me Over and over, repeatedly, over and over Take my breathe away, pass the bidley bidley bidley bidley bong Pass it on the left hand side Right turn, Clyde That girl in the fourth year got pregnant She was raised Catholic, brilliant I cried, she cried, we cried Her youth died Drank cider in the cemetery The year above us had discovered 'E' And I said it weren't for me Twelve pounds fifty I could rob my mum's purse and buy one off Chalky Met a girl on Monday, drank fizzy pop on Tuesday Fingered her on Wednesday, and on Thursday and Friday, and on Saturday Dumped by Sunday Things look better when they start That's how the 80's broke my heart The wonder years I've played my part That's how the 80's broke my heart I lost my virginity to a girl called Anne-Marie Well, she said she fancied me And then she said "**** me" and I thought **** me And I'm all talk and it'll be over too quickly And it was but I couldn't care less I'd seen a girl's part, made a mess on her dress Oh yes, you're now rocking with the best Second person in my year that had seen a breast I'm in my 30s now and I'm still impressed Why the Falklands Mum, and what have they done Where do girls come, where do girls come from, where do girls come from It's the 80's what you looking at, you mong So young, so long, so young, so long Too short, so long What you looking at, you mong Too short, so long, too short, so long So long
October 10, 200618 yr ahem... :P The lyrics thanks to http://shootingpeople.org/robbiewilliams/trackdownload.php THE 80's I smoke Consulate and Park Drive now i understand CONSULATE CIGARETTES http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/images_pop/cig_consulate.jpg
October 10, 200618 yr Well I got my British friend from my home board (www.jellywoodonline.com) to decipher the lyrics and here's what she said. Oh yeah, those lyrics do bring back some memories! Although I never smoked Consulates or Park Drive. Newcy Brown = Newcastle Brown Ale. I remember it being big at college. Can't stand the stuff! Skive = bunk off school Everyone had Polo mints if they'd been out drinking. I never did any of the drugs, though. I thought nicking VW badges was also an American thing? I remember trying to take the one off my car after I wrote it off. Rhythm was a dancer = Danced like crazy to that but it was a hit in 1992, not in the 80s. That's me in the corner = REM reference, that song was huge in the UK Troop track suit, British Knights shoes - no idea on those! Lots of kids had BMX bikes, they're like the stunt bikes you see now. Pram = thing you push a baby around in? Not a stroller but the one they lie down in. Can't remember what they're called here. Mates are a brand of condom He references all the football hooliganism that was rampant in the mid-late 80s. I remember when Leeds United played my town and smashed up the town centre. I think it was in 1989. And then I ran, I ran so far away = A Flock Of Seagulls Things look better when they start That's how the 80's broke my heart And more 80s song references: The Police, Wham! and Musical Youth I think everyone drank cider in a public accessible place. I know I did, not in a cemetary but in a park. And got very, very drunk on it. Can't touch the stuff now. I'm sure I've missed a lot but yes, lots of memories of my teenaged years! I got all the song references and stuff, but not the "product" parts.
October 10, 200618 yr It is very British, and it rings lots of bells with me from my time at Uni in the 80s BTW I never acquired a taste for Newcy Brown ale either :dance:
October 10, 200618 yr You've lost me with the reference to Mates condoms, I don't see that in the lyrics at all - all I see is mate as in friend. I don't see The Police anywhere there either - Take my Breath away is I think a reference to the theme song to Top Gun which was popular in the 80s British knights were a type of sports shoe, and troop was a brand of tracksuit popular in the 80s.
October 10, 200618 yr Maybe I'm not into this song like you all are because I'm not getting a lot of the lyrics...must be a LIMEY thing!!! :lol: Well I'm certainly not a LIMEY and I 'got' all the lyrics :D How can anyone not remember British Knights or Troop tracksuits ?! They made the 80s just like big hair and off the shoulder tshirts :P Absolutely love this song. The lyrics are pure genius
October 10, 200618 yr You've lost me with the reference to Mates condoms, I don't see that in the lyrics at all - all I see is mate as in friend. You're right...I think she was digging deep on that one, lol I don't see The Police anywhere there either - Take my Breath away is I think a reference to the theme song to Top Gun which was popular in the 80s Yea I got that too...I don't see The Police lyrics anywhere either British knights were a type of sports shoe, and troop was a brand of tracksuit popular in the 80s. I know about British Knights and I just assumed that of Troops Oh well...she answered at least the parts I was :blink: about.
